Schalkwijk

Dutch

Etymology

• (Utrecht) First attested as scalwiich, scalcwiich and scalewiich in 1130-1161. Compound of Old Dutch scalc (“servant”) and wīk (“farmstead, village, settlement”).
• (Noord-Holland) Compound of Old Dutch scalc (“servant”) or a personal name derived from scalc and wīk (“farmstead, village, settlement”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Schalk‧wijk

Proper noun

Schalkwijk n

1. A village and former municipality of Houten, Utrecht, Netherlands

   Synonym: Platneuzendorp (Carnival nickname)

2. A neighbourhood of Haarlem, North Holland, Netherlands

Derived terms

• Schalkwijker
• Schalkwijks
• Zuidschalkwijk
• Zuid-Schalkwijk

References

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “schalkwijk”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎^[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN